Swimming in January

[hannata at saunalahti.fi]

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Koinonia wrote:

>Then we are told how awkward Krum looks while walking.  Not to
>mention his swimming in that freezing lake in January.  Normal people
>can't swim in water like that.

OK, I'm from Finland and that is not normal, but I really do have to 
tell this "truth" about swimming in January. We actually do swim  
winters, we just make this hole in the ice and there we go.. I don't 
believe that the water is really freezing in Scotland in January, 
while our lakes are really frozen..

What becomes to the names Durmstrang, Igor Karkakoff, Viktor Krum and 
so on, they mind sound like german, but I think that they may come 
from a really large area.. but let's face it. Krum plays quiddich in 
Bulgarian team, which means, that the school has to be close to 
Bulgaria (like Hogwarts is school for Irish and British 
wizardstudents, might Durmstrang be shcool for several countries 
wizardstudent).

Located on the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria shares borders with Romania 
on the north, the Black Sea on the east, Turkey and Greece on the 
south, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (also known as Serbia 
and Montenegro) and the FYRO Macedonia to the west. But I don't 
believe that Durmstrang is located in Bulgaria, but Romania seems 
better, while Romania is bordered on the north by Ukraine, on the 
east by Moldova, on the southeast by the Black Sea, on the south by 
Bulgaria, on the southwest by Serbia (part of the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia), and on the west by Hungary. Although these countries are 
closer equator, winters are very cold.. -> The Transylvanian Basin, 
the Carpathian Mountains, and the western lowlands have warm summers 
and cold winters with recorded temperature extremes ranging from -37°
C (-35°F) to 38°C (100°F). The Walachian, Moldavian, and Dobrujan 
lowlands have hotter summers and occasionally experience periods of 
severe cold in winter. Recorded extremes in Bucharest and the 
lowlands are -24°C (-11°F) and 39°C (102°F).

OK, I would go on and on.. I'll better push the button now..